Today, the St. Paul Pioneer Press did a touching piece on a memorial to Minnesota soldiers who died in Iraq.

Savannah Anderson, the 4-year-old child of Hannah and deceased Pfc. Joshua Anderson of Jordan, is pictured in an online slideshow touching her father's boots.

"She doesn't know he's dead," Hannah is quoted as saying. "All she knows is he's not here."

See the slideshow at http://www.twincities.com/ci_8630512?source=email.  

Jordan Mayor Ron Jabs issued a proclamation in honor of U.S. Army Pfc. Joshua Anderson, a Jordan resident who died in Iraq.

Anderson’s parents, Keven and Lynn, attended a Jordan City Council meeting to accept a framed copy of the proclamation, which Jabs read aloud Monday on behalf of the rest of the council and himself.

As he handed Lynn the proclamation, Jabs told Anderson’s parents he was proud of their son for serving in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. Anderson died Jan. 2, when a roadside bomb directly hit his side of a Humvee.

A press release from the Office of the Governor of Minnesota:

This press release received from the office of U.S. Rep. John Kline, whose district includes the Jordan area:

Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty spoke a ceremony dedicating the state's World War II veterans memorial.

A press release from the Minnesota Department of Veterans Affairs: 

After returning from a bipartisan Congressional delegation to Iraq, U.S. Sen.

A press release from the Minnesota Democratic-Farmer Labor Party:

Part of a press release from the office of U.S. Sen. Norm Coleman: 

After reading a little bit of "The WPA Guide to Minnesota," a book published in 1938 as part of a federal writers project sponsored by the Works Progress Administration, I discovered some